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Industry Terms
Life of a Project
Hospitality
Leadership
100

This program‘s name describes a person’s point of view or general attitude to life and is also our means to communication. 

What is Outlook?

100

Short for Cutting for Approval (submittal for fabrics/leathers/wallcovering). 

What is CFA?

100

To input data from the designer about the intended product for purchase. 

What is Spec Entry?

100

A company that buys products and services on behalf of clients and organizations. 

What is a Purchasing Agent?

What is Bray Whaler?

100

The founding member and namesake of our team. 

Who is Ronnie Bray?

200

Not to be confused with our local energy company, this program allows us to enter, interpret, and analyze an infinite amount of data. 

What is excel?

200

Short for Customer’s Own Material (fabric/leather/wallcovering)

What is COM?

200

RFQ for short, and it’s how we obtain pricing or bids. 

What is Request for Quote?

200

A place frequented for travel and leisure and our primary type of project. 

What is a hotel?

200

Our 2nd namesake and CEO. 

Who is Elisa Whaler?

300

It’s an Access based program and it’s our current system where all project information is entered from spec entry to project close out. 

What is CCSS?

300

Furniture pieces like headboards, desks, nightstands, and dressers are examples. 

What are Casegoods?

300

A legal contract which has all of the product detail and pricing for the items to be bought. 

What is Purchase Order?

300

A way for the Designer and Owner to review the design intention before proceeding with production. 

What is a model room?

300

Principal and founder of the Dallas office. 

Who is Jennifer Fisk?

400

A single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, and commonly used for written documents. 

What is Word?

400

To be appropriate for hospitality use. 

What is Contract Quality?

400

To follow each Purchase Order from start to finish including invoice, submittals, shipment & delivery. 

What is Expediting?

400

Lobbies, Restaurants, Outdoor Patios are all examples.

What is Public Space?

400
Denver Principal and former Starbucks barista, she takes a ‘no surprises’ and direct approach with Clients. 

Who is Maggie Halmo?

500

A kind of clay used as a building material, and the primary format for how we receive specifications. 

What is Adobe?

500
Called FF&E for short, and most of our teams buy these products. 

What is Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment?

500

To assemble and or place the FF&E per the designer‘s floor plans.

What is Installation?

500

A person or entity that has hospitality property or properties and hires a Project Manager and/or Purchasing Agent for their new construction or renovation. 

What is an Owner?

500

Chairman of the Board, overseeing operations and client services with a focus on continual innovation. 

Who is Kimberly Raeder?